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The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara by Unknown artist

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Unknown artist · c. 1480/1490

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Palette

Biscuit
 59% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.7:1
Brick
 13% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.0:1
Tangerine
 12% of the image
Orange · text contrast 6.1:1
Green earth
 6% of the image
Green · text contrast 4.8:1
Blue-grey
 5% of the image
Teal · text contrast 4.5:1
Sepia
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Unknown artist
Date
c. 1480/1490
Type
Print
Medium
woodcut in lt. brown, hand-colored in red lake, green, blue, yellow, rose, gold, and orange
Period
15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 33

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Anonymous work, made by 1490: its maker died long before 1956, and any term counted from publication has also run out. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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